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Bhandat
Bhandat’s melodramatic older son, who moves in with a woman of a different race and fathers a child out of wedlock at a young age. In adulthood, he always dresses in a shirt and tie that resemble funeral attire. Mr Biswas reencounters him at Tara and Ajodha’s house after many years, and he advises Mr Biswas to be wary about borrowing money from Ajodha.
Jagdat Quotes in A House for Mr Biswas
The A House for Mr Biswas quotes below are all either spoken by Jagdat or refer to Jagdat. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 5 Quotes
There was no need to ask where Jagdat was going. He was going to his family. He too, then, lived a divided life.
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In Pagotes, unsuccessfully seeking a loan from Ajodha to help him build his house at Green Vale, Mr Biswas sees Bhandat’s sons, Jagdat and Rabidat, for the first time since before his marriage, when he briefly lived with them. Jagdat was dressed peculiarly in a shirt and tie and spending much of his time with a “Spanish” woman and their “four or five” kids. On the way home, Mr Biswas runs into Jagdat on the street outside Tara and Ajodha’s house; Jagdat smokes while complaining endlessly about Ajodha’s insistence on policing others’ health and wide-ranging stinginess before they part ways Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta p
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Jagdat Character Timeline in A House for Mr Biswas
The timeline below shows where the character Jagdat appears in A House for Mr Biswas. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 3: The Tulsis
...girl in Arwacas,” to his friend’s delight. News quickly spread, and although Bhandat’s older son (Jagdat) openly bragged of his illegitimate child with a woman of a different race, Bhandat’s younger...
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Part 1, Chapter 5: Green Vale
Rabidat, the younger of Bhandat’s sons, walked in; like his brother, Jagdat, “he was living with a woman of another race and had some children, no one...
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Tara and Ajodha continued asking Mr Biswas about the house, but Bhandat’s older son, Jagdat, soon came to the verandah, dressed as usual in attire strikingly reminiscent of funeral-wear. Tara...
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As Mr Biswas went to catch the bus on the main road, Jagdat tapped him on the shoulder and offered him a cigarette—nobody was allowed to smoke at...
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Jagdat explains that Ajodha might help with vitamins but never with money—he barely paid his gardener...
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Part 2, Chapter 4: Among the Readers and Learners
...his children to Pagotes on Sundays, and quickly struck up “an easy, relaxing relationship” with Jagdat: although they did not particularly get along or care what one another had to say,...
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Part 2, Chapter 5: The Void
...their first visit; they decided to visit Ajodha on the way, and both he and Jagdat were skeptical of the new car’s sturdiness and safety. On their way back from the...
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